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At Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets, we've made a commitment to providing our customers with the highest quality meat products. Our new cryovac packaging ensures just that! After the meat arrives fresh to our warehouse, our skilled butchers hand cut the meat, and immediately package it using state of the art equipment to vacuum seal the meat. By doing this, we cut off the air from touching the meat. This seals in the freshness and prevents the meat from drying out.
This packaging extends the shelf life for you and allows the meat to undergo a natural wet-aging process. So when it is time to cook, the result is a juicy, tender, and flavorful steak every time.
Learn more about the process and the benefits below!
Our meat is still coming to us fresh directly from Iowa Premium. As a family business, we love to partner with other local families and Iowa Premium is just that. Iowa Premium sources from only family farm raised, corn-fed, black angus beef.
This guarantees a USDA choice grade of beef
Our facility, our employees, our standards.
The meat arrives to our warehouse and our very own team of skilled butchers get to work! They transform this raw meat into culinary masterpieces, ensuring that every piece is cut to perfection.
After the meat is cut, it is brought over to the cryovac machine to be packaged. The process is simple-- the machine simply airtight seals the fresh meat as is, there is nothing added to it.
Oxygen exposure can lead to oxidation, causing meat to lose flavor, color, and nutritional value. Cryovac packaging minimizes this which preserves the meat's taste and texture.
Cryovac packaging seals in freshness and prevents the meat from drying out. Then we send it directly from our warehouse to our stores!
The cryovac process allows the meat to undergo a gentle wet aging process, enhancing its tenderness and flavor. Our meat is aged in a controlled environment, allowing natural enzymes to break down muscle fibers, resulting in a more tender and flavorful cut. There are so many benefits, here are a few
Fresh: Cryovac-packed meat is cut and packaged daily by our skilled butchers, ensuring maximum freshness
Enhanced Flavor: The cryovac process allows the meat to undergo a gentle wet aging process, enhancing its tenderness and flavor.
Quality: Cryovac packaging removes air from the package, preventing the meat from drying out or being exposed to oxygen. This helps maintain freshness and flavor for a longer period
Convenient: Cryovac-packed meat is already packaged so that it can be put right in the freezer as is & stored longer without losing quality or flavor because of the oxygen removal seal
Safer & Cleaner: This air tight packaging is a safer, studier package. It is also leak proof!
You may notice that the color of the meat in the cryovac packaging looks a little different than what you're used to. That is simply from the lack of oxygen touching the meat. When you open the package up and allow the oxygen in the air to touch the meat, the color of the meat will return to the red color you typically see wiht raw meat!